Ummm...excuse me Mr. Future World Leader....Ukrainian IS the national language of Ukraine. The turds in the east speak Russian because they always have. It's quite simple. Do you think it's easy to change the language which millions of people speak? Can the Canadian government force the whole country to learn French? No. It's a matter of choice, upbrining, and ignorance. This topic of course is always worth a debate, however, be realistic. It's not Ukraine's biggest problem.
idiot ukrainians are russians but it happend when mongols took over russia so the mongols took some of them and moved them then the native russians helped there russians but they decided to make there own country so now some of them talk shit but why uf you could have looked asian?
@motenne Stop the bullshit. Ukrainians are Ukrainians and the are only a part of the East Slavs. If the Ukrainians are considered Russians instead of a part of the East Slavs then everyone is Russian there. And that's just not true.
It's a tough thing to learn a new language and for the people growing up in the Soviet era especially in East Ukraine, it's even harder because having a broken spirit isn't the best motivator for learning, what is to them, a new language. Just remember it's not new. It's what was. I've heard and read numerous stories of people being arrested for speaking Ukrainian to an officer, especially during the Holodomor. However, I'm a white American from NY and guess what. I speak 3 languages.
There should be no excuse for a Ukrainian of 20 years of age or younger to not know how to speak the #24 most spoken language in the world and the National language of the country that they live in. My girlfriend and her family are Russian speaking Eastern Ukrainians and her Grandmother is a full blooded ethnic Russian from central Russia. Yet, they all know how to speak Ukrainian and they agree with 2008's movie sub-title law for Ukrainian subtitles. Even the Grandmother knows some Ukrainian.
Because of the amount of Russian speakers in the world, I believe that it should be a highschool requirement in Ukraine to learn the Russian language as part of the terms of graduating. It's great for Ukrainian economy and travel. However, Ukrainian is a closer derivative language of Old East Slavic than Russian is. For thos who don't know, Old East Slavic was the language of Kievan Rus. Russian is just as invented a language as Ukrainian is, but Ukrainian is closer to Kievan Rus history anyway
Ukrainian should be the official language of Ukraine. Everyone should be aloud to speak what ever language they want, but for business, traffic signs, school, movie subtitles, food ingredient reading, etc. all Ukrainians or people living in Ukraine should know how to speak and read Ukrainian and the Ukrainian language should be the language used for all these purposes. Know Russian for common speak amongst travelers, but if you're a Ukrainian citizen, know Ukrainian
Ukrainian should be the official language of Ukraine. Everyone should be aloud to speak what ever language they want, but for business, traffic signs, school, movie subtitles, food ingredient reading, etc. all Ukrainians or people living in Ukraine should know how to speak and read Ukrainian and the Ukrainian language should be the language used for all these purposes.
My opinion, make Ukraine officially bi-lingual. You can not ignore the majority of the Russian native speakers in Ukraine especially in Crimea otherwise you'd end up in a civil war. Make Russian and Ukrainian co-official languages. Switzerland has 3 official languages, and it's not a problem for them.
@thegreendestiny Russian language is not native to Ukraine - so called Russian language as it is spoken in Ukraine is not pure Russian but a dialect mix of Russian/ Ukrainian - this dialectical mix varies from region to region especially within eastern Ukraine therefore it is not Russian but Ukrainian dialect - the numbers of Ukrainian that speak proper Russian is very small and dwindling since Russian language is becomming less popular throughout ex warsaw pact countries
@hetmans01 Swiss German, German German, Liechtenstein German and Austrian German dialects are also different and may not necessarily understand each other easily, yet they are all under one language category. Same case with the English language throughout the UK and Ireland, SA, USA, Canada, etc.
@thegreendestiny Russian language is losing popularity throughout satellite countries which were once part of USSR before it broke up - since then there has been a big drop in popularity in learning Russian which is being displaced by learning English at schools - once Russian was mandatory under soviet times now that Russian language is no longer mandatory the argument about officiating Russian is irrelevant for Ukraine
From what I understand, most people in Ukraine understand Russian as their first language as a result of having been a Soviet republic. I agree that Ukrainian should be taught as the primary language. Since Russian will probably be spoken for many years to come in Ukraine, their schools should also make learning Russian a requirement. Eventually Ukraine will transition to Ukrainian.
Ummm...excuse me Mr. Future World Leader....Ukrainian IS the national language of Ukraine. The turds in the east speak Russian because they always have. It's quite simple. Do you think it's easy to change the language which millions of people speak? Can the Canadian government force the whole country to learn French? No. It's a matter of choice, upbrining, and ignorance. This topic of course is always worth a debate, however, be realistic. It's not Ukraine's biggest problem.
tuberinoid 1 week ago
u vas ocheni krasivyi iazyk! gorditesi etim, gorditesi kazhdym kvadratnym santimetrom svojej strany! my vas ljubim i ocenim vash vklad v nashu istoriu
privit z moldovy :D
XareSoft 2 months ago 4
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PravoslavnaOhridska 4 months ago
idiot ukrainians are russians but it happend when mongols took over russia so the mongols took some of them and moved them then the native russians helped there russians but they decided to make there own country so now some of them talk shit but why uf you could have looked asian?
motenne 5 months ago
@motenne Stop the bullshit. Ukrainians are Ukrainians and the are only a part of the East Slavs. If the Ukrainians are considered Russians instead of a part of the East Slavs then everyone is Russian there. And that's just not true.
CyrillKR 5 months ago 3
@motenne you're an idiot for saying that Ukrainians are Russians.
margo88ful 1 week ago
Ukrainian should be the only official language in the future.I would suggest that
native Russian speakers should be able to keep their language during their
lifetime and be allowed to officially use it,but that the youth should only be
educated in Ukrainian.
This way a Ukrainian ntional culture will develop and the country will no longer be
divided.
And there is no need to hate the Russian language,it sounds quite beautiful to me.
uwed100 6 months ago
the Ukraine was Russia
JohnTheHutDweller 7 months ago
It's a tough thing to learn a new language and for the people growing up in the Soviet era especially in East Ukraine, it's even harder because having a broken spirit isn't the best motivator for learning, what is to them, a new language. Just remember it's not new. It's what was. I've heard and read numerous stories of people being arrested for speaking Ukrainian to an officer, especially during the Holodomor. However, I'm a white American from NY and guess what. I speak 3 languages.
Joshruin 8 months ago
There should be no excuse for a Ukrainian of 20 years of age or younger to not know how to speak the #24 most spoken language in the world and the National language of the country that they live in. My girlfriend and her family are Russian speaking Eastern Ukrainians and her Grandmother is a full blooded ethnic Russian from central Russia. Yet, they all know how to speak Ukrainian and they agree with 2008's movie sub-title law for Ukrainian subtitles. Even the Grandmother knows some Ukrainian.
Joshruin 8 months ago
Because of the amount of Russian speakers in the world, I believe that it should be a highschool requirement in Ukraine to learn the Russian language as part of the terms of graduating. It's great for Ukrainian economy and travel. However, Ukrainian is a closer derivative language of Old East Slavic than Russian is. For thos who don't know, Old East Slavic was the language of Kievan Rus. Russian is just as invented a language as Ukrainian is, but Ukrainian is closer to Kievan Rus history anyway
Joshruin 8 months ago
@Joshruin why Ukrainians need to study Russian? why don't other nations have it as a requirement? doesn't make sense
margo88ful 1 week ago
Ukrainian should be the official language of Ukraine. Everyone should be aloud to speak what ever language they want, but for business, traffic signs, school, movie subtitles, food ingredient reading, etc. all Ukrainians or people living in Ukraine should know how to speak and read Ukrainian and the Ukrainian language should be the language used for all these purposes. Know Russian for common speak amongst travelers, but if you're a Ukrainian citizen, know Ukrainian
Joshruin 8 months ago 2
Ukrainian should be the official language of Ukraine. Everyone should be aloud to speak what ever language they want, but for business, traffic signs, school, movie subtitles, food ingredient reading, etc. all Ukrainians or people living in Ukraine should know how to speak and read Ukrainian and the Ukrainian language should be the language used for all these purposes.
Joshruin 8 months ago
My opinion, make Ukraine officially bi-lingual. You can not ignore the majority of the Russian native speakers in Ukraine especially in Crimea otherwise you'd end up in a civil war. Make Russian and Ukrainian co-official languages. Switzerland has 3 official languages, and it's not a problem for them.
thegreendestiny 1 year ago
@thegreendestiny Russian language is not native to Ukraine - so called Russian language as it is spoken in Ukraine is not pure Russian but a dialect mix of Russian/ Ukrainian - this dialectical mix varies from region to region especially within eastern Ukraine therefore it is not Russian but Ukrainian dialect - the numbers of Ukrainian that speak proper Russian is very small and dwindling since Russian language is becomming less popular throughout ex warsaw pact countries
hetmans01 10 months ago
@hetmans01 Swiss German, German German, Liechtenstein German and Austrian German dialects are also different and may not necessarily understand each other easily, yet they are all under one language category. Same case with the English language throughout the UK and Ireland, SA, USA, Canada, etc.
thegreendestiny 10 months ago
@thegreendestiny Russian language is losing popularity throughout satellite countries which were once part of USSR before it broke up - since then there has been a big drop in popularity in learning Russian which is being displaced by learning English at schools - once Russian was mandatory under soviet times now that Russian language is no longer mandatory the argument about officiating Russian is irrelevant for Ukraine
hetmans01 10 months ago
From what I understand, most people in Ukraine understand Russian as their first language as a result of having been a Soviet republic. I agree that Ukrainian should be taught as the primary language. Since Russian will probably be spoken for many years to come in Ukraine, their schools should also make learning Russian a requirement. Eventually Ukraine will transition to Ukrainian.
gwk03283 1 year ago